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Free, no ads, no paid tiers. Run by the Signal Foundation, a US 501(c)(3) nonprofit
funded by grants and donations; by charter it cannot be acquired. (1) ·
Standard and Pro plans (roughly USD 6-10 / month depending on term). Anonymous signup
returns a random 15-character account ID with no email; pay by card, Monero, Bitcoin, or cash
mailed to Gibraltar. (1)
End-to-end encrypted 1:1 and group messaging, plus voice/video calls, built on
the audited Signal Protocol (Double Ratchet + X3DH). ~40M monthly users. Registration
requires a phone number; usernames (added 2024) let you start chats without sharing it. (1) ·
Privacy-focused WireGuard/OpenVPN provider operating from Gibraltar under IVPN
Limited since 2009. All client apps are open source under GPLv3. Signup requires no personal
information -- just the generated account ID. (1)
Israeli-owned options (Kape's ExpressVPN / CyberGhost / PIA / ZenMate,
Hola VPN, Hotspot Shield via Pango) are rejected on ownership grounds -- see [[:Category:VPN]]. (1) ·
WhatsApp (uses the Signal protocol but is Meta-owned and harvests
metadata) and Telegram (chats are not end-to-end encrypted by default, weaker crypto). (1)
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